Wingnut: Ellen Degeneres Disproves Need for Gay Rights

Anti-gay bigot Michael Brown went on Gordon Klingenschmitt’s internet show and made the bizarre argument that the existence of gay celebrities proves that gay people aren’t discriminated against like blacks were during segregation. Because, uh, apparently Louis Armstrong, Chuck Berry and other black celebrities didn’t exist. Or something.

It may be self-inflicted but any group with those people as their “celebrities” is persecuted!

Acolyte of Sagan

So (with apologies to the poster at #5, but your ‘nym triggered this thought) by Brown’s logic, Mr Ed is proof that horses can talk.

steve84

@Abby

And it nearly cost her her career. Her sitcom was quickly cancelled (thought it arguably got worse) and then she didn’t work for several years. She didn’t even get any offers. It was several years before she appeared on TV again. The industry also blacklisted the actress who played her love interest in the coming-out episode.

Artor

Great! So as long as there is a single prominent Xian celebrity, then Xians aren’t being persecuted, and they can all shut the fuck up. Right?

pinkpixel

The title made me think that Ellen suddenly said she was against gay rights, and I thought “WHAT?! NO! Why Ellen, why?!” And then I read the post and I thought “oh, right, this again…”

anubisprime

Apart from the odd die-hard right-wing jeebus sunbeam homophobic dingleberries that believe anything they see or hear that reinforces their prejudices, ignorance and bigotry…who actually listens to such screed and regards it as sacrosanct and revelatory?

That cannot be more then a rapidly diminishing percentage of the American public surely?

hunter

How can anyone take that moustache seriously? It’s the geriatric version of gay porn from the ’70s.